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3 Stars - 32 Opinions
102-108 Kenmount Road, (Formerly St. John's), St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, A1B 3R2, Canada
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Downtown
Tour boat
The Narrows as seen from the South Side Hills
Me eating some pizza.
My husband and I will be coming to St. John's in late June with a group of about 10 teens (ages 15 - 18) and participating in a robotic competition at a local university. What suggestions does anyone have to keep them busy and happy outside the competition? I know there are whale watching trips...what else would catch the eye of a teen (outside museums). Thanks for any assistance!
here are a few web addresses to check out:
http://www.newfoundlandandlabradortourism.com
this is info about the whole province, but you should find a good bit about St. John's.
http://www.stjohns.worldweb.com
Be sure to click on the arrows under the picture of the street scene. You get a great "taste" of St. John's here.
This site also gives you a mapping option, so you can figure out where you are, where you want to go and how to get there.
http://www.stjohns.ca/visitors/index.jsp
This site is the official City of St. John's Site...lots of info here
and of course, don't miss: http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/North_America/Canada/Province_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
It depends what you've got time for really. If you can plan for few hours, they might like wallnuts. That's a place where people go to do rock climbing activities. It's really fun. There's a lot of unique stores downtown they'll probably like. Hempware is a store specializing in eco-friendly products that kids really love and there's quite a few skateboarding stores. The malls are usually packed with teens if they want to socialize. Music stop is a cool music store with a really experienced staff. Bowering park is a nice place for a stroll and a trip up on signal hill for the view would get them some great pictures. The Geo center is also up towards signal hill and they might enjoy that.
If you've really got time, take them Sea Kayaking out on the southern shore. We went out on Stan Cook's sea kayaking tour last summer and it was awesome!
Hope this helps.
my favorite place. walking the streets, where life is more laid back and the people friendly. building restored, murals added. actually this City is very pretty one of the oldest Cities in Canada
Georg Street is a good place for a night out in the City visiting the outports, the small fishing villages, uncomplicated people
Visit the outports. The small villages around the periphery of this wonderful island are so interesting, and give the opportunity to share ideas, experiences, etc. with the local people. Don't miss Lanse Aux Meadows, the place Lief Ericsson came ashore on the North American Continent a thousand years ago. In fact, don't miss any of Newfoundland. It is all so natural and uncomplicated that it is almost surreal. The stories of Joey Smallwood, and the many arguments, discussions, and scullduggery which went into the decision to confederate Newfoundland with Canada are some of my owner's fondest memories.
In addition, the beauty and history of the harbor, Cape Spear, and Quiddi Viddi, with its multi colored houses, purple, magenta, cyan, lime green, etc. gave my owners a real taste of what Newfoundland was like before the vinyl siding salesman came around, and turned all the homes into earth tones, pastels, etc. as are all vinyl covered homes in North America.
If you are walking the downtown and pass by Mile One Stadium and the St. John's Convention Centre you will see this monument.
It was common the pass for women throughout Newfoundland and Labrador to help the men gather the salt cod fish as seen here.
People in Newfoundland and Labrador have traditional dined on fresh seal meat now for a very long time!!!
If you are in St. John's in the spring time and are daring enough, drive to the water front and you will find local people selling fresh seal flippers!!
It is a very dark meat and taste good. It's not something your going to try everyday.
Be sure to rate my tips and I would love to hear from people who give this a try!
Newfoundland is such a unique environment. The most important cultural tips which might be stated are: Nobody dresses up, fancy restaurants are few and far between, and grumpy natives don't exist. Therefore, take it like it comes, and be a non-complaining, non-grumpy visitor. The natives are so peaceful, and so well grounded, we could all learn from them.
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